Ayrton is delighted to welcome Newart Iluminação Ltda as its new, exclusive distributor for Brazil. The appointment takes place with immediate effect.Read More »Ayrton Welcomes Newart Iluminação Ltda as its New Exclusive Distributor for Brazil
The nominations for the 75th Emmy Awards were announced this past week, including the nominees for the Creative Arts Emmys, honoring artistic and technical achievements in television. The 2023 Creative Arts Emmy Awards are currently scheduled to take place at the Peacock Theater over two consecutive nights on Saturday, September 9, and Sunday, September 10.
MA Lighting has come out on top in the fight against illegal counterfeit products, winning a case at Brazil’s Supreme Court. Acting as the court of last resort, the Supreme Court has ruled against a local businessman who had offered counterfeit MA consoles, such as the onPC fader wing and the onPC command wing, for sale on the Brazilian online platform “Mercado Livre”, and imposed an order to refrain and to pay substantial damages. The convicted party had been proved to have perpetrated trademark infringements and engaged in unfair competition through the illegal sale of the counterfeit products.Read More »Success in the Fight Against Product Piracy: MA Lighting Wins Legal Case in Brazil
Florence and the Machine’s grand world tour, which began late last summer in North America and subsequently spanned shows as far afield as Melbourne and London, will again prove that distance is no barrier as the festival season looms, with imminent outdoor events in Brazil and Europe. Masterminded by a largely new creative team, the lighting is based on an original concept from the highly imaginative Andi Watson, complementing Es Devlin’s set design. However, one long-term Florence collaborator is the show’s Lighting Director, Sam O’Riordan.Read More »GLP Flies High with Florence and the Machine Supporting LD Andi Watson
“Billboard” magazine recently ranked tours around the world by total ticket sales from November 2021 through October 2022. The Showtime section within PLSN’s January 2023 issue focuses on the lighting, staging and video production teams and equipment supporting these tours.
For Swedish rock band Ghost’s Imperatour trek, Brazil-based LD Erich Bertti took on the challenge of highlighting a story narrative, not just a band and its songs. “I told [Ghost frontman Tobias Forge] that if I close my eyes listening to Ghost, I imagined it as being a theater rock show with all the concepts of the character creation that he had. The whole storytelling behind the clergy, and all that stuff. I said I could easily see that almost as a musical. We’re telling a story more than doing a concert. It was exactly what he was looking for.”
The Swedish rock band Ghost recently wrapped up the third, North American leg of its Imperatour tour for which Brazil-based Lighting Designer, Erich Bertti was once again back designing along with the band’s lead singer Tobias Forge. Also returning to support the Ghost tour and Bertti was Senior Account Manager, Steven “Creech” Anderson and Madison, TN-based Premier Global Production, providing lighting, rigging, truss and crew. Bertti and Anderson fill PLSN in on the design and their working relationship for Ghost’s tour.
PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil — LD Patrick Woodroffe used 531 Robe fixtures supplied by LPL for re-opening ceremonies at the refurbished 56,000 capacity Estádio Beira-Rio (Riverside Stadium) here recently. Woodroffe collaborated with Sao Paulo based LD Cesio Lima on the project.
RIO DE JANIERO — Measuring 85 meters (279 feet) in height, the Bradesco Seguros Christmas Tree has secured a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records as the Largest Floating Christmas tree in the world. Abel Gomes from P&G Cenografia provided the lighting design, programmed via W-DMX from Wireless Solution Sweden.